Meanings
plural minicourses
- A brief educational course.
A day trip to Chesterton can be a self-guided minicourse in midwestern architecture, thanks to a survey of Porter County sites and structures published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
1995 April 7, Deanna Isaacs, “Chesterton, IN”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
[…] financial incentives would help lure dozens of New York University professors — and not just those interested in the Middle East — to the Abu Dhabi campus even if only for a semester or a January minicourse.
2007 August 31, Tamar Lewin, “N.Y.U. Plans a Branch in Abu Dhabi, Officials Say”, in New York Times - A short course or route, for example in the game of golf.
Origin
Translations
Spanish cursillo
- cursillobrief course
Cite this entry
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